empor

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German

Etymology

With the assimilation -ntb- → -mp- (as in Wimper) from earlier entbor, itself an alteration of Middle High German embor, enbor, enbore, from a phrase en bor (“to(wards) (a) height”), of which the second word is from Old High German bor (“height, summit, peak”). Related to English bear (verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈpoːr/, ,
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Adverb

empor

  1. (formal, dated outside of compounds) up, upward
    Synonyms: herauf, hinauf, rauf; hoch; aufwärts; nach oben

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